Billboard gives her a flawless cover page and this beautiful acclaim. The first review that also didn't focus mainly on Chris Brown and instead on the music itself. Perfect.
Billboard gives her a flawless cover page and this beautiful acclaim. The first review that also didn't focus mainly on Chris Brown and instead on the music itself. Perfect.
They love Chris as much as they do Rihanna, if not more:
Exclusive80/100 Graffiti80/100 F.A.M.E.80/100
= 80/100
Good Girl Gone Bad60/100 Rated R89/100 Unapologetic86/100
= 78/100
I hate it when reviewers review artists' personal lives instead of the music itself. They always do that with Britney.
But this is not that, and the following lyric should explain why. After becoming a metaphorical cop in “Numb,” Eminem describes himself like this: “I’m the siren that you hear / I’m the butt police, and I’m looking at your rear, rear, rear.”
Eminem, one of the greatest rappers in the genre’s history, wrote that line. Rihanna can be as unapologetic as she feels she needs to be, and can support Brown all she wants. But when she starts dragging down Eminem, somebody needs to atone.
I know this review is AP, but i just read this. LOL they're a joke, Eminem has written far worse lines
The fact that Rihanna has released seven studio albums in seven years does little to diminish the impression that if you flipped up her impassive panel of a face, you'd find circuit boards and wires.
The big story in the lead-up to the pointedly-titled Unapologetic is that she's not only forgiven her abusive ex, Chris Brown (who has had Rihanna's battered and bruised face tattooed on his neck), but she's back with him, and he guests on the equally defiantly-named "Nobody's Business".An Auto-Tuned, Jacko-sampling piece of piano-house, it would be inoffensive and sweet enough, were it not for the Punch & Judy saga behind it.
Like most of Unapologetic, it's instantly forgettable. Created with the usual international team of collaborators (from Sia to Labrinth), packed with the usual half-hearted, sexual single-entendres ("ride my pony, my saddle is waiting ...") and sung in a voice that's flatter than Norfolk, it's a true representation of Rihanna's personality. That is to say, it's dull as dishwater.
By the time you reach the track called "Get it Over With", you're begging the album to comply.
It's like the writer wanted to drag to seem catty and gain a laugh. To be honest I laughed at the Get It Over With comment cause that track is one of the lowlights for me. But he must've enjoyed the music somewhat